The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-23
A BLOODY ENDING.
A Kentucky Mountain Ven
delta Wound Up.
THE KILLING OF THE TOUGHS
of Red-handed Kentucky Murder.
ers - General News.
Kentucky's shame

LOUISVILLE, June 22.-In Kentucky's
shame, the lawless County of Rowan,
was this morning enacted what will
beyond doubt finally terminate in the
bloodiest mountain vendetta known to
the history of the State. The culmina-
ton was reached IN the tragic end of
four desperate men, who forfeited their
lives, while resisting the mandates of
the law. After the destruction of
thousands of dollars worth of property,
and, up to this writing, the loss of
tWenty-one lives, during the two years
continuance of the fend, Rowan County
can now return to peace and prosperity.
A special to the Courier Journal from
Lexington, KY, gives the following ac-
count of the fight: News from Rowan
County, is of the most exciting kin d,
as it appears to be an indisputable fact
that Craig Tolliver is killed and his
gang dismembered forever. Sheriff
Hogg, presumably acting under in
structions from the State authorities,
has been for about a week quietly
organizing a very large posse of
determined men in the upper part of
Rowan and adjoining counties for the
purpose of arresting Tolliver or all
parties who were implicated in the
murder of the Logan brothers some two
weeks ago. Tolliver and his party,
consisting of about ten men, was quite
vlgilant and went heavily armed to meet
trains and inform the conductors of
what was going on in Morehead, so
that the passengers and trains would
not be placed in danger from the
sheriffs. A band of resolute men.
numbering more than 200, appear d
suddenly at Morehead about 8 O'Clock
this morning. A Gordon was first es-
tabIiShed around the entire town. in
the brush. where the men could not
be seen. The sheriff then entered the
town at the head of about 100 we'll
armed men. Craig Tolliver and his ten
followers Immediately retreated to the
hotel, which they had previously bar
ricaded in such a manner as to make
quite formidable fortress. The sheriff
then notified Tolllver he had war.
rants for the arrest of all the men
Logan Brothers, and aske1ithey submit
Tolliver's reply was that neither he nor
his men would be arrested, and that
hundred men could not take them.
sherfff's posse and quite brisk rattle of
musketry ensued and the fighting was
kept up probably for two hours. The
only casualty for that time was f1e b
wound received byBone of the sheriff's
posse. The attacking party, however,
were gradually drawing their lines
closer around Tolliver's fertilization,
and the besieged party, finding things
growing too warm, finally con-
Guided to make bold rush for liberty
and fight their way through
the sheriff's lines and taken to the ad
iacent brush, which once reached would
afford them secure escape, but as they
made the rush they were met by ire
mendous volley, which killed Craig Toll
liver, Bud Tolliver, Jay Tolliver and
Hiram Cooper. Others of the gang got
through safely, but as they approached
the brush they were met by Volley from
the outside Gordon. This volley
wounded Cate Tolliver, a 12-year-old
boy, and three others. all of whom were
captured except Cate Tolllver, and the
other three also escaped, but one was
captured afterwards. This brought the
battle to an end